Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-14

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TACOMA TeWN TAkK.
pk.rH on rzE r1oxEza AND xHn MEAao-
HIS II 1EvTvEs.
The pionesr b dead. A stannch old
log eabin a standing ever IN the Old
Tnwn. elaaafg surrounded By houses Of
sniEhed IarabeR, eibowed b. me9eRn
eonesits II afehffeeturs, IL vind0we
1haken Al day long b tbs throb and
isr Of adiaesnt uanufaceories- - =
llka 4 neuoxY and Is q mo1amenf-tne
mot fitting monument that might be
raiaed 70 Jsb Oaxr. For it was bnilded
m - uioneef Who is dad lt vas TIE
frxt strong, effective stroke at The wil-
dernesa-d0ue when Job Carr Stood heFe
eIoae with the clans and tbs tides. and
the solisndes Of Oemmencemenf Bay.
rv.usv y..r. gao JOB CArr paddIsd .
sanoa into this inlet, end sayinR thai he
beIisVed be had found here tat foR
which be had left his home u the k.st
10 pearch, he mads bis way Through ne
underhFueh and built his cabin and
wofked and waited. He was what men
All ssrettlne old even then. q fty-three
years Of age, and yet be lived 70 see the
trrifh 81 Sc aaess demonstFated; lived
"a see The forest which he ksd entered
With difficulty alone torn away from tne
face.of the country for three square
miles; lived 70 ZEE vide streets SD ave
nues reach ont In all directioasi nVeo 20
see his solitary cabin crowded upon oy
modern residences; lived &c So great
railroad and steamboat hnes follow hin
20 the place where be had broken the
wilderness.
This last vas what he had pF0phesied
and nov, q broken down old man, h1G
Urophesy fulfilled to the uftermost, bui
his hopea In 0ouneetion Herewith faE
from realized, bis heart s0ured upon
the world, the vef5 scenes Of life and
activity 10 which be had looked forward
from The frst being TO him in then
realization only tokens of bis failure
and Disappointment and thereforl
breeding bitterness, he SET q day upon
which be would return 10 the old home
back in Indiana. BE wanted 10 sell
what little holdings were left to him and
20 as far away as possible from thu
sights which be said we're hateful 20 him
He failed as 10 selling buf be dxed upoE
the 10Th Of August 20 leave, probably
net 10 return again.
On the evening Of that day he died.
His wife had gone East to her old
home, away up in Maine, some TINT
49, 80 kha- haN mwrnmoaA A aknrk
each upon the same day, one to trave
eastward, the other west. and to NEE
at q given point, whence they ,woult
journey together 70 MI. Cars Oh
home. Mrs. Carr bad just sent WORT
| that her mother vas evry III, and va
not expected 10 survive bat few days
when she received word thst her has
band vas taken very III. She left tn
bedside Of her dying mother 70 taxi
the long journey across the continent
70 that Of her dying husband. She ar
rived on Saturday last, and il was q
She Tuesday following be died.
He had been all his life believer h
Snixisuaiian, and q teW hours beforl
death his wife asked him, -Jebs arr
you yillirg to die In the sPirisualisl
Hs answered: ayes; IL Il IL good
enough TO live By, IL IL good enough q
die by" Shortly after be went quietly
10 sleep. mot 10 awaken again.
The accuracy Of the the dead pio-
neers great guess a. to the point which
would be the terminus Of Q tFanecontin-
entail railroad not Jet begun, IL . thing
Of no little wonder to the newcomer
who may have, even Of this late day,
gone of upon an exploring expedition
along the shores Of the Sound and dis
covered that his exact location upon
the map Of the United States. OF the
peculiar advantages or Disadvantages
OF the same to such railroad company
With its uncertain policy. is thing b.
the eide Of which the solution Of O CHI
nese puzzle II nothing. To him whe
NAV have remained In Tacoma during
all the years that have followed the
cutting down Of the foress and the
buisdinQ M Of brick blocks, schools
aud churches and streets, and yet have
heard the constant expressions Of
doubt and unceFtainty, the Judgment OF
toe early pioneer Who found only q
scarce penetrable wilderness, is even
more marvellous.
Job Carr vas born az Little Egg Har-
Dor, N. J., Jaly 3, 1914, but left bis
home early IN life and vent west" a1
Indiana vas thsa known. He served
with honor during the war, enlistinR al
an ace that exempted.him from compul-
sorry service. He vas wounded % Che
amauQa. After the Northern Pacific
Railroad bill passed Congress, pFovid-
ing for the building Of q railroad from
Lake Superior 20 Puget Sound. he
packed up some little neeeaseries and
saying 10 his family that be intended 10
locate ct the terminus Of the road be
left Council Bluffs With a or team 10
Portland BIZ stage, having 10 walk q
large share Of the way and keep pryine
the stage coach Out OF tbs mud. He
vent first 10 Olympia and remained
there for some time, under the impres-
sion that that vas the place. he left
there after @ time, IN which grave
Doubts had arisen In his mind - 10 that
which interested him most. He took q
canoe and IN that finally padded
into Oommencement bag aud remained.
he built house and some time amer
was Joined by bis son. He took Q
homestead along the water front and Q
pre-emption and when Gen. McOarveE
arrived from Portland with the promise
Of bailding large mill and spending o
big sum on improvements, he allowed q
large portion Of thia 10 30 10 him for
considerations that did not pan cut.
He vas liberal in offers Of land 10 the
railroad company to induce IL to come
here, giving q dead for Q large tract,
conditional upon their eomiDR. Par
eel by parcel the large tract Of land
alippsd away from him until the old
man. Who had braved the hssdshipa Of
the pioneer, Who had lived through
years Of absolute lonli1eas in order 70
secure the fruits Of his discovery
strona foothold upon Q valuable town
sise-Whoss early Sight for simple sus-
tsnance Was only indicated By the hank
Of clam shells In which his oabin came
10 be imbeded, Who came into the vii
dorneM and remained with Il until il
had been resolved Into city, died per-
haps not Of, but With, broken heart.
II should have been worth q million,
he sAid. Il an voEths perhaps. . couple
Of thousand" 81. DExMIs.
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